holidays, life

Re-Run America the Beautiful

I’ve been blogging for eleven years. Of my eleven posts for America’s Independence Day, this is my favorite (originally 2015). Only the last picture and video have been changed.blue-sky-bell wm2Oh, beautiful, for spacious skies
(pass-a-grill beach, St. Pete, FL)

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life, thoughts

Risk or Rules

In the “real” world, it’s better to have loved and lost, tried and failed, dreamed and missed, than to sit out your turn in fear. Because the loss, the failure, and the miss, however painful, are like temporary market adjustments . . . Whereas the love, the adventure, and the dream are like investments that, for the rest of your life and beyond, never stop paying dividends. – Mike Dooley, The Complete Notes from the Universe.

My heart feels for people who want rules or laws to stop others from using words that hurt feelings.

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life, thoughts

American Culture

flagstreet (800x437)rwbwmIf you are ashamed to stand by your colors, you had better seek another flag.  ~Author Unknown

Does it still exist … American culture … American Patriotism?

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